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Wilson Creek harvests some community fun
WILSON CREEK — Whatever Wilson Creek’s Harvest Festival may have lacked in fancy, large-scale attractions, it more…
Quincy High School principal reflects on long, ongoing school year
QUINCY — Even though it was cut short with an unexpected intermission, it has been a long school year at Quincy High School.
Hugs and kisses, deferred: Pandemic cuts physical contact
To the lengthy, sorrowful list of losses from the pandemic, add these: hugs unexchanged, visits unmade, hands unheld.
AP PHOTOS: Virus outbreak hurts Italian fishermen's business
FIUMICINO, Italy (AP) — Italy’s fishermen still go out to sea at night, but not as frequently in recent weeks since demand is down
Ready to cook outdoors? How to clean and season your grill
Unless you are like me and grill year-round, the warmer weather signals the start of the grilling season. This spring, especially, as millions of us are told to stay home, a trip outside to the backyard or patio is…
Hopeful birdsong, foreboding sirens: A pandemic in sound
NEW YORK (AP) — Hopeful birdsong and foreboding sirens. Chiming church bells and bleating ferry horns.
Adapting aloha: Virus forces changes to Hawaii customs
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Glen Kila has long greeted people in the traditional Native Hawaiian way.
Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation
NEW YORK (AP) — In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as a setting for the movie “On Golden Pond," broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from home. Even the p…
Lives Lost: Virus struck Wuhan family, took its patriarch
WUHAN, China (AP) — For more than a month, Wu Di did not know his father was dead.
Coronavirus pandemic disrupts Appalachian Trail dreams
COSBY, Tenn. (AP) — When Alexandra Eagle first mentioned plans to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alongside her new husband, her sister told her they'd either be divorced in five months or married forever.
Asian Americans use social media to mobilize against attacks
Kyle Navarro was kneeling down to unlock his bicycle when he noticed an older white man staring at him. Navarro, who is Filipino, tried to ignore him, but that soon became impossible.
AP PHOTOS: Bustling London life stilled by COVID-19 lockdown
LONDON (AP) — When Associated Press photographer Frank Augstein moved to London in 2015, what struck him most was the crowds.
5 days later: Local family loses uncle to COVID-19
MOSES LAKE — He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a devout Christian, a member of a bowling league and a cancer survivor. He and his wife had just returned …
Adapting aloha: Virus forces changes to Hawaii customs
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Glen Kila has long greeted people in the traditional Native Hawaiian way.
AP PHOTOS: Bustling London life stilled by COVID-19 lockdown
LONDON (AP) — When Associated Press photographer Frank Augstein moved to London in 2015, what struck him most was the crowds.
Coronavirus pandemic disrupts Appalachian Trail dreams
COSBY, Tenn. (AP) — When Alexandra Eagle first mentioned plans to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alongside her new husband, her sister told her they'd either be divorced in five months or married forever.